next on 7 news...we'll look at some of your snowman photos from today... watch their some primetime tv the cold weather didn't keep the "carolina panthers" from preparing for the "n-f-c championship game"... they practiced today in the snow... the "panthers" were outdoors in the snow and sleet...preparing for their game with arizona cardinals... the forecast for sunday calls for clear skies in charlotte... but coach "ron rivera" took no chances having his team work out in the wintry weather....just in many of you are taking advantage of the snow in our area to build a snowman... this is "colleen casey" in "mayo"...her snowman has a very stylish hat and scarf .... and.... michelle gosnell of "boiling springs" sent us this adorable picture of someone getting to know her snowman... we want to thank you for sending us these pictures... you can send us your pictures by posting them on our facebook page or sending them on our "7 news app" using the "report it" feature... and see a slideshow of your snow pictures...under "links mentioned" at wspa dot com... next.

a virginia mom built a special snowman for her disabled son--and a central virginia mother built a snowman for her son who can t go outside in the winter. she calls it a labor of love--- a hopewell woman out in the snow--building snowmen for her but these are not just your average snowmen-- one of them is in a wheelchair! just like her son tyler. rhonda acord says tyler has muscular dystrophy-- and can t go outside in the winter. outcue: " ... " duration:0:00 sot: rhonda acord, constructed snowman in wheelchair says tc 05:34:59 "the weather would freeze his hands before he even really got out the front door." sot: rhonda acord, constructed snowman in wheelchair says tc 05:32:28 cut this: "having muscular strophy, which ts him in a wheelchair, he nnot get out in it, so i lt, doing something like this uld just make him feel more, a rt of it."sot: tyler shook, m built snowman in a wheelchair says tc 05:40:50 "we haven )t got snow like this in years." rhonda says the snowman took her two hours to build but it was worth it to see her son smile. falling temperatures... we will start today with t

"do you want to build a snowman?" it took the help of a hospital and nurses... we'll show you how her dream came true. nikki: and.... up north.. vikings fans brave the cold temps to root on their team.. "you're watching local 5 news at 5:30 in hd. we are iowa" nikki: welcome back.. hopefully you didn't have to step outside today.. typically during a winter weekend... you can find people ice skating.. not today at brenton ice skating park downtown des moines.. as you can see.. the rink was empty earlier this afternoon.. can't really blame those- would-be skaters....who choose not to brave those low low temperatures... nikki: but earlier this weekn in eastern iowa.. a little girl undergoing cancer treatment was dreaming about nothing but actually getting a chance to be outside... and as local 5's mark carlson reports, some nurses came together to make a dream come true. [anchor:mark]mark [readrate:15] izabella saul, better known as bella, is a little girl... with a big smile... and a big dream that she brought with her from texas when she moved to iowa with her fa

. >> our neighbors couldn't believe they actually made a frosty inflatable snowman that tall.king at it. >> two weeks after they put up the snowman, they come home from dinner to find it deflated. >> the first time that it was vandalized, we had no idea it was a true vandalization. we thought just the weather had torn it and fell down because we had severe winds in that area. >> matt repairs the snowman with tape, and it's back on display in a few days. >> i took extra effort to make sure he was anchored properly, so i didn't expect it to happen another time. >> but a week later, frosty goes down again. >> i didn't know what was happening. the second time that it happened, it was during the day. so i kind of wonder who would vandalize something in broad daylight in a very small neighborhood? lots of people around. >> matt repairs the snowman and again, this time finds clues of foul play. >> i brought it in the garage, noticed the footprints, found a screw driver inside, contacted police to get it on record. >> undeterred, matt and debby put the snowman back up but this time th

a snowman for 'halo' lovers. this video game inspired snowman will do a great job defending your lawn. number one on the list.. go big or go home. you need a lot of man power to pull this one off.. and some patience for it to melt. 3 3 3 3 3 here is a look at what you can expect for the next three days. 3 3 duke takes on miami in florida. stan shows us if the devils could notch another a-c-c win after saturday's 3 3 good morning good morning everyone in sports.no weather problems tonight for duke--they are playing at miami.devils hope a win over nc state will stop their slide, they had lost 3 straight but still ranked, but can they get by the 15th ranked hurricanes on the road.alex rodriguez in the house, cheering on the canes, and a lot to cheer about.this play killed duke, the lob..inside mcclellan.---------------but brandon ingram comes back, goes through the defense and newton drops it off to kamari murphy--it was jam city tonight for the canes.------- duke tries to answer from outside..matt jones in the corn

olaf is a snowman and one of the main characters in the disney movie frozen. and after staff dumped a whole heap of snow into one of the playrooms at the hospital... for the first time ever, little bella played in the snow. "these wonderful nurses had a her, took her in and was playing do you want to build a snowman when she walked in with a big huge pile of snow and she built a snowman, inside the hosostal . " "a lot of these kids are here and they miss out on a lot of normal life things, so whenever we can do something that kind of brings normal back to them, it's great and it's very rewarding for us too, like those are our best days. " "it was very heart touching, it made my heart melt. " and eventually so to -- did olaf, but the memories never will. in iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. if you want to learn more about bella's fight with cancer, we've posted links with her story on our website, kcrg-dot-com. a former prairie high school baseball player talks about a trade that sends him to a new major league team. and it's a busy weekend for the ha

making a snowman is something kids around the country love to do... but one iowa girl was never able to make one until now. i'll bring you her story... elisa wind chill advisory in effect, sioux berian sunday continues the cold... a break on monday but does it last? details next. 2 line cg: elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m wind chill advisory in effect tonight, wind chills near 30 below. layer up and don't forget the pets! there's our arctic air spilling into siouxland from canada. very cold already, some winds are calming a bit, but with such a cold air mass, we'll still have wind chills. wind chills well below 0 now... near 30 below tonight. 30 grees colder than last night! stormcast has temperatures staying well below 0 overnight, without harsher wind chills. planner: clear skies will help temps snow and clear skies on sky cam.our high of 21 occurred last night, we've been in single digits most of day. clouds on satellite and radar blast on stormcast hd. high pressure dips south clearing our skies, again frigid cold tonight. tomorrow, still cold with

olaf is a snowman and one of the main characters in the disney movie frozen. courtesy: amanda saul and after staff dumped a whole heap of snow into one of the playrooms at the hospital... for the first time ever, little bella played in the snow. "these wonderful nurses had a surprise for her, took her in and was playing do you want to build a snowman when she walked in with a big huge pile of snow and she built a snowman, inside the hospital (laughter)." "a lot of these kids are here and they miss out on a lot of normal life things, so whenever we can do something that kind of brings normal back to them, it's great and it's very rewarding for us too, like those are our best days." "it was very heart touching, it made my heart melt." and eventually so to -- did olaf, but the memories never will. deborah: scott's up next with a final check walk out the door today. we have a very calm wind. wind chills are currently set between -10 and 10. we've got a decent monday as temperatures this afternoon make it into the 20s. here's a look at your stormcast hd where today

for now, this is my snowman. i i i am. >> anchor: or a dog making a mark. >> anchor: we saw danielle's pile that was a snowman. l.a. version. earl is from massachusetts he knows how to make a snowman. >> anchor: good job. >> anchor: still ahead on 7 news "today in new england." storm force coverage continues. time square. you will never see it this right? >> anchor: countdown is on for broncos. denver. >> anchor: welcome back to pats push off. hours from mile high match up between votes for broncos. >> anchor: no secrets. winner of the game goes to superbowl 50. joe amorosino is live if denver with more the brady and manning showdown. possibly for the laugh time. >> reporter: possibly. it looks like that right now. brady and manning always top billing for good reason. but today's game should ultimately come down to how patriot offense does against denver top rated defense. best pass defense in nfl this year. at that time no eddleman or amendola or gronk. injured in this game. this time braid comes in with offense

a 30-foot snowman. any time you build a snowman where you're using a backhoe it is fun. >> reporter: they created a 96 special cap for the mascot. he became world famous last year after going viral. >> he made it around the world in seven days. went viral on our social media feeds and we got a great response for him so it was fun. >> reporter: this year, there are things about constructing a 30-foot snowman that builders >> the very end when you're putting on the size 96 stony chromier and putting on the finishing touches, the eyes and so forth and standing back and looking back at what you did. >> reporter: there is always next winter. >> they want to keep the memory alive with less snow on the ground. residents are planning to make little ones in his honor. >>> tina fey is back. she returned to "saturday night live" and reprised her role as sarah palin after she endorsed donald trump last week. >> what is the big deal? take a chill pill, jill. we're mad. we've had been had. year not -- we're not so gl

the giant snowman is over 12-feet tall. jeff says he has been building giant snowmen with his daughter now for years . outcue: ".. " duration:0:00 i think it started off one of my daughters said.. lets make a ten foot snowman! so we did and every year we try to top it." jeff says the best part is bracing for potential snowfall in hampton roads--what crews are doing to make sure the roads stay safe. new and exciting news for a local vet and his long lost love on the other side of the world. good wednesday morning, i m blaine stewart. and i m jessica larche - we have seen our first round of snowfall but how much can we expect in the coming days?-- we have some more school delays to tell you about right now. hertford - and edenton- chowan schools in north carolina are all on a 2- hours delay. northampton county north carolina - gates county and perquimans schools are also running on a two hour delay. you can always find school delays and closings at wtkr dot com. we )re tracking a much larger system for friday and saturday tha

>>holly: i feel like that snowman -- >>ingrid: is this a man? >>holly: it is now if you have a moustache. look how cute he is getting. flower? >>ingrid: how sweet. you created this whole plot line to our snowman. >>holly: i have. >>ingrid: and he has no eyes which is fine. >>holly: well, okay. hold on. i can fix that. here, he will have glasses like jay. >>ingrid: aww. >>holly: there you go, you have a little snowman. >>ingrid: jay, you're bringing a flower. >>jay: when did i get a moustache? >>ingrid: overnight, apparently. >>holly: this is a stick-on one. it's fine. >>ingrid: a final look at weather this half hour, outside right now is in the 30s and 20s across the region. 30 degrees in weaverville. morning. but coming up in our next half hour, a lot to talk about with this major winter storm. i will let you know when it begins and how much snow will fall where you live. >>lauren: from your home to your car, there are items you should have on hand before this winter storm hits. we are showing you how you can prepare coming up live. >> >>holly:

"> olaf is a snowman and one of the main characters in the disney movie frozen. and after staff dumped a whole heap of snow into one of the playrooms at the hospital... for the first time ever, little bella played in the snow. <"these wonderful nurses had a surprise for her, took her in and was playing do you want to build a snowman when she walked in with a big huge pile of snow and she built a snowman, inside the hospital (laughter). "> <"a lot of these kids are here and they miss out on a lot of normal life things, so whenever we can do something that kind of brings normal back to them, it's great and it's best days. "> <"it was very heart touching, it made my heart melt. "> and eventually so to -- did olaf, but the memories never will. all: (reax) elias: we have lots more good morning iowa ahead...but first here's abc's kendis gibson and reena ninan with america's money. america's money: good morning. topping "america's money"... another stock >>> good morning. topping "america's money" -- another stock selloff. >> china's main stock market plunged 5% today.

snowman. olaf from disney. somebody wanted to build a snowman towering 12 to 13 feet tall. you kids know what i was singing. samantha and her dad jeff spent almost an entire day last week wanting to build a snowman. michigan. jeff and samantha have been years. >> his arms are basically a stick. his buttons are a ice cream buckets cut in half with black plastic. i think it just started off one of my daughters said let's make a ten foot snowman. >> reed: and they did. jeff says the best part is spendi little girl. >> marie: that's the best part. there is a quirky new trend in outdoor winter art in minnesota. people are freezing their jeans and other articles of clothing and putting them right there in the yard as ice sculptures. the cold temperatures. it all started with one minneapolis resident and we first told you about that guy placing frozen pants across the neighborhood to lighten the mood. neighbors are joining in posting the images on social media. some say it is a little strange, maybe even creepy. one man says he saw frozen pants while walking his dog and his pet go

any time you get to build a snowman where you're using a backhoe, it's fun." it all started after the stormy kromer hat company created a size 96 special cap for snowmy the mascot. even though snowmy is decades old, he became world famous last year after going viral. (krystal westfahl/minocqua chamber of commerce) "he actually made it aroundndhe world in seven days, went viral on our social media feeds and we got a lot of really great response for him, so it was fun." now, they have a new plan to get the community involved, even with less snow on the ground. (krystal westfahl/minocqua chamber of commerce) "we were going to get everybody's participation and make some small little snowmies to keep his legend alive until next year." there are some things about constructing a 30 foot snowman that builders are missing this year. (tom bird/snowmy builder) "the very end when you're putting on the size 96 stormy kromer and just putting the finishing touches, the eyes and so forth, and the standing back and looking at it, but. there's always next year. " coming up in s

her mother says building a snowman was the best treatment she could ask for. "she was having a little bit of change, rough day for a little girl and these wonderful nurses had a surprise for her." izabella recently started chemotherapy and her mother hopes to take her home to waterloo sometime next week. the king returns. elvis said thank you to some people in cedar rapids this afternoon the only way he knows how. you ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time. you ain't never caught a rabbit, and you ain't no friend of mine. dave posposil of lisbon shared his musical talents today with doctors and nurses at st. luke's hospital in cedar rapids. posposil wanted to thank them for treating a serious colon problem he had last june. he says he only had about a 20 percent chance of making it out of the hospital alive. but thanks to everyone's hard work, he's healthy again, and he's officially "left the building." "one more day and i would have with them doing the operation, doing it a couple times, got it out and prayers from all my family and friends and ev

snowman, snowman, snowman. >> that is angie enchilada on the mike by the way.ing way too much fun in the snow. and hopefully all that will be melting here soon. >> yeah, i think a lot of the snow he should have melted by about tuesday. >> all right. thanks for joining us, every. p we'll leave you with this. get outside and enjoy it. >>> this sunday, the iowa caucuses. the candidates have had their say, now it's time for iowa voters to have theirs. >>> can donald trump win here and just simply start to roll? >> i don't even think i have to campaign anymore. why am i even wasting my time? >> can ted cruz beat trump and turn this into a two-man race? >> the time for all that media noise is past. this is your time. >> what about marco rubio? does he finish second and become the chief challenger to trump? >> you see some deceitful things going on in the last minute. >> ted cruz, marco rubio and rand paul are all with me here live. >>> plus, what will the latest e-mail story do to hillary clinton's chances? >> i never sent or received

too much rain. >> reporter: the town has built a three-layer sky-high snowman who goes by the name of snow-my cromer. >> any time you can build a snowman where you are using a backhoe, it's fun. >> reporter: it all started after the hat company created a size 96 special cap for the mascot. even though snow-my is decades-old. he became world famous last year after going viral. >> he made it around the world in 7 days. went viral on the social media feeds. responses for him. it was fun. are some things about constructing a 30-foot snowman that builders will miss. >> the very end when you are putting on the size 96 stormy cromer. and standing back, realizing what you did. >> reporter: there is always next winter. >> nancy: a smaller snowman. i bet d.c. would be more than willing to help out with all that snow. much more to come on 7 news. >> the patriots wrapping up here at home. what coach belichick had to say after yesterday's heartbreaker. the weekend blizzard stranding travelers down the east coast. including here in boston. >> chris: weather looking good as of today. doing some melt

this is a 5-foot tall snowman. michael shared this photograph. it looks like that snowman has a good base to not topple over. >>jay: yeah. i wonder how long it took to build that one? and last, ready for work? you can see this is a snow woman who is dressed up as if she is going into the office. she even has her eyebrows done. mila sent us this photos. >>holly: you can send them to our took page or e-mail wlos picks pics@wlos.com. i love that she had the face. >>jay: the eyebrows? it's detailed. the carolina panthers are heading to the superbowl. have cost arizona the game. >>stan: good morning, in spspts, carolina panthers going to superbowl 50, as they just crush arizona to make their second ever superbowl performance. cam newton nfl mvp, terrific again. up 3 nothing a little trickery. reverse, the former cardinal slip as tackle there and watch him work. this 20-yard run, actually goes about 40 to achieve it. but it resulted in 6 points. and a big smile. this is 10-0 carolina, cam goes back and he's got all day. terrific. corey brown gets it an

<"when we lived in texas she wanted me to pull the clouds down so she could build a snowman and that was just impossible."> but here in snowy iowa nurses and hospital staff at the university of iowa children's hospital taking care of bella as she battles cancer -- had an idea. <"jokingly we kind of thought lets bring some snow inside and maybe have a little snowball fight, and then one of the other nurses decided hey, lets build olaf, because she's really one of the main characters in the disney movie frozen. and after staff dumped a whole heap of snow into one of the playrooms at the hospital... for the first time ever, little bella played in the snow. <"these wonderful nurses had a surprise for her, took her in and was playing do you want to build a snowman when she walked in with a big huge pile of snow and she built a snowman, inside the hospital (laughter). "> <"a lot of these kids are here and they miss out on a lot of normal life things, so whenever we can do something that kind of brings normal back to them, it's great and it's very rewarding for us too, like those are our be

this graphic from lisa gray in virginia, look at that snowman. that snowman is a massive one. is that a pear-shaped snowman? is that an hourglass shape? if yous you the extent, will, of the big snowmen, the bigs now we had. that was a massive snowmen right there. take a look outside. temperatures are slowly climbing. we jumped up this hour at reagan national airport. we got up to 36 degrees. we will continue to see temperatures on the rise through the afternoon, upper 30's to near 40 degrees. 36 and andrews, 32 and culpeper. frederick in hagerstown, you are below freezing. the potential see for melting. as long as the sunlight gets through, melting will continue to happen. forecast for the afternoon, temperatures in the 30's will drop back slightly tonight that we won't see much colder building and tonight. we will see the potential for some fog and low-level clouds. we will talk about that and our next precipitation chance coming up in the full forecast in the next seven days. not all the good stretch of weather for the mountains. onlet's get you up to speed what is not open

the giant snowman is over 12-feet tall. jeff who made this snowman says he has been building giant snowmen bracing for potential snowfall in hampton roads--what crews are doing to make sure the roads stay safe. new and exciting news for a local vet and his long lost love on the other side of the world. good wednesday morning, i m blaine stewart. and i m jessica larche - we have seen our first round of snowfall but how much can we expect in the coming days?-- we have some a school closing to tell you about. accomack county schools are closed today. and for delays we have hertford - and edenton-chowan schools in north carolina are all on a 2- hours delay. northampton county north carolina - gates county and perquimans schools are also running on a two hour delay. you can always find school dot com. rain, snow and wind... todays weather looks quiet. expect a nice mix of sun and clouds with nw winds at 5 to 15 mph. temperatures will start near 30 and warm into the upper 30s this afternoon. the big focus for the week is an area

. >> took a few pictures of the snowman in front of the white house. reporter: washington, d.c., is in the middle of a winter storm for record books. tourists are taking it in.

>>ingrid: a girl and her dad building that snowman. >>jay: it's know waving to passers by in grand rapids. the girl and her her dad have been building giant snowmen for years. he says the best part is spending time with her. >>ingrid: i didn't know "frozen" was still a big thing still? jay: oh, yeah, they love it. >>ingrid: olaf -- >>holly: i might have to have an olaf outside my house. >>ingrid: you may have the opportunity. we have significant snow on the way. we have temperatures below freezing but no precipitation at the moment. black ice is a threat this evening no. coming up in the next half hour of will talk more about when round 2 begins and how much snow will fall, where you live. back over to you. >>lauren: from your home your vehicle, there are things you need to do to prepare for this winter storm. brigman, we will walk you i guess i never really gave much thought to the acidity in any foods. never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. it never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. my dentist has told

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a michigan man built a special snowman for the season. >> eric: the snowman enjoys they built a 13-foot olaf. they have been building snowmen for years but added a twist. >> his arms are a stick. his buttons are ice cream buckets commute half with black plastic around it. i think it just started off when my daughter said let's make a 10-foot snowman. so we did. every year we try to top it. >> eric: the answer to the question do you want to build a snowman. always yes, right. took a full day to build the giant olaf. obviously they didn't do it in the summer. it pays to be a super fan. you can date the star you are obsessed with. it actually happened to one woman. disney star jake t. austin connected in real life with a fan that tweeted him for several years. he recently posted a photo hugging -year-old danielle caesar witth the caption, i am crazecrazier for her. she has tweeted the superstar since 2009 saying she wanted to meet him. >> constance: that iss pretty cool. >> eric: one way of looking at it. saying there is a chance. >>> a man who try>>> a man who tries to save his dogs from

. >> next, do you want to build a snowman? there's a right way and a wrong >> more on 7 news at 6:00, an "live at 5" is back with the latest results from our web poll .. how do you >>> very latest results from our web poll. how do you most enjoy spending your snow day? can we see the results? the question was, how do you watch netflix, go outside and play in the snow. who is winning the poll? all right, i was outside and we wouldn't want anyone to miss it and hopefully diane is filling it out right now. are you building a snowman, i know you're not watching netflix. >> i got frozen in my head. my favorite thing is it go go skiiing my husband left me snow ours shoes. i haven't in my 6 years needed to use these. maybe tomorrow morning i'll get up and try them out. >> be careful on ice and snowshoes. be safe out there. >> is there a right way to build one? now back to the poll. you know what? all of the wires have gotten frozen in the cold. sleeping in and watching netflix, it would be better to watch 7 news, most of you would do

this cute picture is of a mini snowman in irmo from sam the wise on twitter! this is a picture from michal hope brandon on twitter. here is a picture from jefferson, south carolina from avis s. on twitter. our director ben burriss sent us this photo from saluda. here is a picture showing the snowy conditions in orangeburg from our own von gaskin. danielle morrow sent us this picture through facebook of a light dusting of snow in redbank. jessica hodge summerlin sent us this picture of snow in clarendon county this morning. this is a picture of snow covering a car this morning from jayne dawson on facebook. these pictures of a light dusting of snow in richland county. in south carolina -- extra road crews are on standby-- ready with salt spreaders and snow plows if snow or ice piles up. the s-c dot took advantage of the good weather yesterday brining roads and bridges. officials say-- extra troopers will be on the road as this storm moves in. with morning temperatures expected to be much colder today - you know what that means - a cold car! we all dread it. bun

any time you get to build a snowman where you're using a backhoe, it's fun." it all started after the stormy kromer hat company created a size 96 special cap for snowmy the mascot. even though snowmy is decades old, he became world mous last year after going viral. (krystal westfahl/minocqua chamber of commerce) "he actually made it around the world in seven days, went viral on our social media feeds and we got a lot of really great response for him, so it was fun." now, they have a new even with less snow on the ground. (krystal westfahl/minocqua chamber of commerce) "we were going to get everybody's participation and make some small little snowmies to keep his legend alive until next year." there are some things about constructing a 30 foot snowman that builders are missing this year. (tom bird/snowmy builder) "the very end when you're putting on the size 96 stormy kromer and just putting the finishing touches, the eyes and so forth, and the standing back and looking at it, realizing what you did." but. there's always next year. " jessica rae: since iowa's l

she says after seeing the movie, her family decided to make this bb8 snowman. it's a pretty good rendition. >> ashlea: i didn't see star >> frank: it's a modern r2d2. >> ashlea: out of hollywood tonight, veteran actor abe vigoda died at the age of 94. he was known as detective phil fish in barney miller. >> frank: next in our consumer report, giving to the right charities. check. >> ashlea: many of us have a charity we support, that we're loyal to. but these days it seems like more and more organizations are asking people to give. >> frank: so how can you be sure your money is being put to good use? >> reporter: americans donated $350 billion to charities last year. consumer reports has information to make sure your money goes to worthwhile charities. while the vast majority of charities provide real aid, scam artists won't hesitate to consumer reports margoe gilman says you really have to do your >> organizations can spend as much on marketing and overhead as on actually helping people. >> reporter: there are plenty of ways to research charity. charity watch a

a father and his daughter built the giant snowman last week in grand rapids. they say it took them almost a whole day to uh.. ice cream buckets.. cut in half with a black plastic around it the dad says the best part of the build was spending time with his family. we're on your side tracking winter weather in hampton roads. we got a dusting overnight. you may still see some of it left over. but that's just the beginning. meteorologist jeremy wheeler is watching the skies for our next round of snow, and that will be more substantial. i'm rico bush live in virginia beach watching for slick spots. i'm rico bush live in virginia beach watching for slick spots. we'll and if you're catching a flight this weekend, listen up. we'll explain how the airlines are gearing up for potential delays and cancellations. thanks for joining us, i'm katie collett. and i'm don roberts. let's start our team coverage with a check of the forecast. meteorologist jeremy wheeler is tracking conditions in the super doppler 10 weather center. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") winter storm wat

olaf is a snowman and one of the main characters in the disney movie frozen. courtesy: amanda saul and after staff dumped a whole heap of snow into one of the playrooms at the hospital... for the first time ever, little bella played in the snow. "these wonderful nurses had a surprise for her, took her in and was playing do you want to build a snowman when she walked in with a big huge pile of snow and she built a snowman, are here and they normal life things, so whenever we can do something that kind of brings normal back to them, very rewarding for are our best days." touching, it made my heart melt." and eventually so to -- did olaf, but the memories never will. jessa rae: snowmen. one family in minnesota wanted to mix it up a bit. they crafted this giant 18-foot octopus! three brothers created the unique snow sculpture to raise money for charity. it took them 5- hundred hours to complete the massive squid. thr goal is to raise 10-thousand dollars to help bring clean water to haiti. jessica rae scott: minnesota wanted to mix it up a bit. they crafted this gi

if you don't have it, get it for free at the app store. >>> that was a huge snowman. that took a lot of work. >> for those that had lots of snow you'll add to it and in the upstate, more is on the way as well. aside from the extra precipitation, now the sun has set and with each passing minute the slush turns to ice. we've been telling you to stay in, that's the best advice. >> scattered snow is on the way and the snow is ending early home if you can and faster road improvements happen sunday and that' better chance to get the roads on the course to drying up. busy radar, in tennessee and back to georgia. the first wave brought us sleet and freezing rain and a third wave is moving into georgia and that moves on through late tonight into early tomorrow morning. here's the closer look. over towards these county in northern sections and pickens, there's know moving to the east and the pink indicate freezing rain and sleet and we're seeing that in laurens and into abbyville and here's that look at temperatures. and we're at 30 degrees in greenwood. below freezing all of t

samantha and her dad jeff spent almost an entire day last week building the snowman. jeff and samantha have been building giant snowmen for years... stick.. his buttons are a uh.. ice cream spending time with family. it's coming up on today in iowa -- it's time to start thinking about filing your taxes. but before you send info to uncle sam - there are some it's hard to believe -- but it's on the hunt -- to steal your well earned refund. before you file your taxes -- there are some things you need to know -- that can keep your identity safe. their most sensitive personal and financial information in the important to choose a tax preparer wisely. the irs says to look for an irs preparer tax identification number. avoid and note if your preparer doesn't ask for receipts. not asking enough questions about deductions and credits could be a warning sign that something is wrong. also -- never sign a blank tax return. tax time is also prime season for identity theft. never give your personal information over the phone or online unless you started the conversation and confirm

"it's beautiful up here" "maybe we're going to do a snowman." "just getting to see it for the first time. i think that's everybody's just to see it fall." 10 secs snowballs because the kids were celebration. the staff at the lodge are certainly celebrating - they guests. i'm told that over the past few snow and we're expected to skies are just gray and gloomy! for all the rain lovers though this is great. here's a live look at the 215 right now. i flip live drive shot cars seem to be taking it easy.... traveling a few miles per hour slower than the speed limit. we're going about 55 right now. make sure your head lights are on though! we've seen a bunch of cars with no lights on. other than driving around chasing the storm with my photographer --- we also stopped at a shopping plaza near fort apache and tropicana. lots of people still out doing las vegas doesn't get enough of it. one even called it beautiful! irvin hunt, loves the rain (("i all day.. we've been getting pictures from viewers showing us what is doing in their neighborhoods. joanne

lets make a ten foot snowman! we try to top it." the dad says the best part of the build was spending time with his family. it's a busy mroning in the super doppler 10 weather center. meteorologist jeremy wheeler is looking at the models to tell you when and where we'll see the snow. forecast. we're on your side tracking winter weather in hampton roads. we got a dusting overnight. you may still see some of it left over. but that's just the beginning. meteorologist jeremy wheeler is watching the skies for our next round of snow, and that will be more substantial. i'm rico bush live in virginia beach watching for slick spots. we'll give you a closer look at the road conditions this morning. and if you're catching a flight this weekend, listen up. we'll explain how the airlines are gearing up for potential delays and cancellations. thanks for joining us, i'm katie collett. and i'm don roberts. let's start our team coverage with a check of the forecast. meteorologist jeremy wheeler is tracking conditions in the super doppler 10 weather

her mother says building aa snowman was the best treatment she could ask for. "she was having a little bit of a rough day, she had an mri, trach change, rough day for a little girl and these wonderful nurses had a surprise for her." izabella recently started and her mother hopes to take her home to waterloo sometime next week. captured after months on the run. the search for an infamous drug lord ends with a shootout in mexico. meteorologist britley ritz joins us now with your weather wise question. we'll bare through a few s a cold front continues to move off to the east. our temperatures will drop throughout the day into the teens and even cooler into the overnight hours. winds throughout the day and into the evening will push out of the nw at 15-20 mph. these stng winds will make our temperatures feel evening colder. wind chills are expected to feel as cold as the single digits, if not pushing zero. high pressure will quickly take over the area allowing for clearing skies through the overnight. actual temperatures will drop into the single digits and winds w

what do you call an old snowman? >> grandpa snowman. >> water.or watters. >> corny jokes. >> kg. >> moratorium on that. next. let's push it to four weeks. next? >> wait until iowa, when our show is in iowa, i'll have corn-y jokes. >> i do love corn, i have to tell you. so delicious. >> i love love. how about this? true love, romance, over the years. listen to this story. a world war ii army veteran from virginia is going to travel over 10,000 miles to australia to meet face to face with his long lost love. after 71 years apart. isn't this very sweet? it will be for valentine's day. she had her son look him up online. she called him, said hi, tommy, it was very sweet. he was forced to leave for the battle of normandy in france in 1944, they had date a few months in london. now they're going to be reunited. charming and lovely. and you saw they did little skype session. >> how cute. >> thank god they did that. >> i hope the airline upgrades him to business class or first class. >> do it, do it. >> a lot of people have been wondering why am i so sun

. >> do you see a snowman? [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: wait. yes, i see a snowman. >> don't. >> jimmy: i don't know what was in that pickle juice i drank, but this is so bizarre. >> now what's cool about this is that it's got motion trackers. walk a go head, walk forw >> jimmy: i d gonna fall off the sta keep walking. keep walking. keep going. keep going. you get to the edge. keep going. >> j pe [ laughter ] a very old person. >> jimmy: that's how i walk. i'm going to fall i se >> turn around. turn around. okay, look at the sno you c take that right brush and start painting. you can actually do brush strokes and you can walk around. get up close to the snowman. [ laughter ] get in there. walk around back. walk around what's happening in the butt area. what is the snowman doing? >> jimmy: wow. >> all right. [ light laughter ] okay. you can change environments. hold on. hold on. >> jimmy: all right. >> go over this way a little bit. >> jimmy: yeah. >> okay, you can go to outer space. you can switch it on your left hand there. >> jimmy: okay. >> t

of fun activities for him that includes visiting niagara falls , eating mcdonald's and building a snowman. ride on a fire truck. neighbors in erie pennsylvania helping them through this tough time. >> i think that is my bucket list too. >> right on a fire truck. >> mcdonald's, snowman, niagara falls. >> getting chilly out there. >> getting cold inside too. >> freezing in here. >> anyway chilly monday morning. tomorrow an okay day. 40 to a little above average. finally we will break the streak and have a couple below average days and way below average because it will feel morning although 22 on the thermometer. tuesday morning it will feel more like 0-five below, the thermometer will say 10, some wind out there. couple days in the 20s, no storms until next weekend. right now snow further north and west over ski country more like it rain here, next saturday. >> they need that desperately. >> take us now. >> thank you. thanks for watching. you want to feel connected. informed, included, inspired. so, when important things happen, we're here. your local tv and radio broadcasters. america's nu

whenever we try to build a snowman, and it ends up this tall. myra: i am better at running into them. allyson: you have a nemesis with snowmen. wyff news 4 continues. [captioning made possible by wyff-tv] [captioning performed by the national captioning inwhich is responsible for its captmyra: in the upstate deputy injured on the job as he finally -- is applauded as he leaves the hospital and speaking out about it. >> this has been a difficult and different kind of the upper south carolina. the year that warrants a different kind of speech. allyson: an emotional night for nikki haley. behind us, these at your photos

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